The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-08-03
HoNoLULU HAWAIIAN ISLANDS WEDNESDAY. 1887
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.
THE CORSET AND THE hustle REAL
BLESSINGS IF PROPERLY USED.

What Lady Physician Says in Defense
of the So Called Fashionable FoIIies
OF Her Sex - Mistakes Which Men
Make.
@If an ultra fashionable young man and
maiden of the same kind, both in full walking
costume, were TO start from the Knicker
booker club house on Fifth avenue and race
down to Delnonico's, which one would VIM
was the question put by a prominent lady
physician to a group Of people who were talk
ing about dress reforms, the derided skirt and
kindred topics the other day.
Every one present gave up the conundrum,
but they all agreed with the originator Of 1t
when she declared that the girl, notwitbstand-
ing her veil, her close fitting gown, her hustle
and her muf2, would win against tue youth
with his hat likely to fly Off at the first rush,
ais collar choking him so that he could not
see, his heavy cane, his tight boots and his
wide trousers Mapping about his ankles.
Those who have any other idea should test 1t
by trial.
DRESS REFORM" exclaimed the irate little
physician, who has gained reputation as one
of the best practitioners in the city. 1.-The
truth of the matter is that most women dress
with as much regard to the laws of health as
do the men. The former have reformed, the
latter are degenerating, or how else do you &C
count for the pointed shoes, the stays, the high
collars and the stove pipe hats that men wears
If woman in general is not so healthy as man,
il is not on account of her clothes, OF that l
feel certain But / am Of the opinion that
the women of New York are twice as healthy
as the men.
$50 to the opera, TO any church or assem-
bly, What do you see9 Men sallOw and lean;
men bald headed and pasty looking, or men
so stout and unwieldy, SO red and uncomtort-
able looking that it makes one uncomfortable
to look at them. But you see five women out
of every ten rosy and plump, erect IN car
riage, bright of eye, and altogether charm
Io ingly healthy These are the so called fash
ionable women, whom Lady Habberton,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mrs. Miller, and
dozen other reformers are constantly crying
down as running the future race and their
own healthl
"Of course there are many articles Of wear
ing apparel that could be improved" she con-
tinued, "but the corsets, the hustle and skirts,
against which the reforIners and men are
constantly crying out, real blessings II
only used properly, and the majority of wo-
men nowadays know how to wear them
Twenty or thirty years ago it was different
Eighteen inch waists were considered neces-
sary for beauty, slippers were worn on all
occasions, OF shoes with pasteboard soles, and
the enormous head dresses and bonnetS were
something atroclous."
| "How do the women of today dress better
| than their mothers and grandmothersF
| queried reporter present.
| well" said the little physician, there Is
| no reason why l should not be plain In the
| first place, the old-fashioned chemise, with its
multitude of gathers, has gone entirely out OF
| fashion. Women who wear the garment at
all have it made in the French fashion, with
cores and seams, and as consequence the
| corset which is worn next to 1t, does not
press the gathers and wrinkles about the
waist and hips. But the majority of women
wear the little gauze, flannel, cashmere or
silk vests, which have come in of late years
| and are woven to fit the form, while not al
all hampering it. For winter wear there are
the combination garments of flannel made al
in one piece, and clothing one from neck tx
ankles most comfortably
"No I will not admit that the corset Of
itself is injurious" said the lady, most ener
geticalIY Brandy is injurious il one takes
too much of it, but it is excellent in many
cases So it is with the corset. If Of TIT
proper kind and worn properly it Is one of tbs
greatest boons to womankind. The steel
ribbed corsets worn by some few, l vii
admit. are quite dreadful; but the woven anC
what is known as the health corset are mos
desirable. They are SO yielding that they fl
the form, and yet support and protect IL
all the skirts may be fastened to them or t
one of the new skirt supporters worn owe
them. If a woman laces she generally suffer
for her folly as men do from smoking o
drinking. But very few women lace nova
DAYS 1t is not the fashion TO have an bnor
maIlv small waist and / don't think 1t Wi
be"
"But you must admit that the hustle is
most injurious and unhealthful article
II cold am a
present.
"Oh. no. never!" she exclaimed. "Bustle
arc the salvation of many women. Men hav
such erroneous ideas of many things. Yo
will admit that ten men to every one woma
dies Of some disease Of the kidneys or liver
Yesl Well, then, women must thank tn
much abused hustle for keeping them free c
such trouble. How7 The hustle OF wire, c
steel. or of any Of the light, airy materials c
which il is now made worn under the skirt
keans the small OF the back from becomln
too heated, and consequently the circulatIO
Is better and the kidneys and liver healthier
The hustle also supports the skirts and holo
the dress in such fashion that walking an
running are made easier.
The physician assured the reporter ths
few women wear more than two underskirt
J AT this season of the year. "Our granC
mothers wore four and five, some of them {
! omitted flannel, too, so We have reformed j
/ that matter"
lBut of what value are the bonnets an
hats worn by women" said the gentema
who ran down the hustle. They ara truml
cry little things of lace and ribbon, and I
protection whatever"
go look in the mirror and see what yo'
sensible hat that fits the head and keeps OF
the air has done for you" exclaimed the ster
lecturer. The gentleman obeyed and saw
head quite bald.
"a hat or a bonnet should be an ornamen
not a protection. The hair is the natural CO
ering for the head. Women realize this al
keep their hair. Men so about pulled up Wi
the Importance Of their superiority in wea
a ing sensible hats and get bald before th'
are 40; then they say it is brain work tn
n does itl"-New York Journal
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